Wildlife biologists in Collier County removed 177 Burmese pythons this breeding season, totaling over 8,000 pounds of snakes, the most since the program began 13 years ago. Ian Bartozsek, a wildlife ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Researchers in South Florida said they are making progress in controlling Burmese pythons. According to NPR, scientists are using unusual tools to track and remove Burmese pythons in the Florida ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued. A ...

A startling milestone has been reached in Florida's war against the invasive Burmese pythons eating their way across the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida reports it has captured and ...